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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2008 Sep 29;18(5):601–608. doi: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.08.002

Figure 1.

Figure 1

HK97 bacterophage maturation kinetics studied by time-resolved solution x-ray scattering. A stopped-flow mixer (SF) initiates the maturation by a pH-jump, followed by a series of successive x-ray scattering pattern measurements. A synchrotron storage ring (SR) provides an intense x-ray beam. The direct beam is intercepted by a beam stop (blue disk) and surrounding circularly symmetric x-ray scattering is recorded as a function of time, and azimuthally averaged into one-dimensional patter as shown in the time course illustration. The peak position shifts toward small angle reflect the larger particle size in the final stage of the maturation. Courtesy of Dr. Kelly Lee, the Scripps Research Institute.